ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses a number of problematic issues concerning the ways in which clauses are linked in discourse (see Part I, Sections 2.3.3 and 2.3.4). Two distinct linguistic levels are explored. In 10.2 and 10.3, the focus will be on relations between clauses within the sentence; aspects of complex sentences will be discussed, such as the definition of subordination and coordination, and the description of certain non-standard types of subordinate clause traditionally associated with the spoken medium. In 10.4, the focus shifts to combining clauses in larger stretches of discourse, whether texts or speech; we shall look in particular at the role of parataxis, subordination and coordination as indicators of linguistic sophistication.
